We are happy to welcome back Tr. 4, and hope that Tr. 3 enjoys a well-deserved track out – we are glad you are here!

I cannot say enough about the wonderful children that fill Oak Grove Elementary. They are bright and eager to learn! We appreciate their efforts in helping us have a great opening by walking in the halls in an orderly manner, using good manners, participating in their classrooms, and working together to create classroom agreements. Thank you to our students, parents, and staff for making this a great school beginning. You make it all look so easy! Look for great things to happen at Oak Grove this year.

Carpool Reminders: We have reviewed our safety procedures as a staff and wish to share reminders and procedures, especially when we have new families in place. Please help us make our carpool another area that we show PAWS, our school wide behavior expectations.

Have a Positive Attitude (Positive Attitude) –Be patient, kind and friendly to other drivers and OGES carpool helpers.

Honor the Procedures (Work Hard) – Post your number, mind the cones, release and load children out of the passenger side of your car. If you need extra time loading and/or buckling, kindly pull forward to the Assisted Area to keep the line moving.

Model Safety with Your Children (Stay Safe) – Keep children buckled up and go slow!

Volunteer Registration: We value the time that you are able to give to our Oak Grove students. If you are planning to volunteer in any capacity this year, please register as a volunteer. You may visit the Media Center Monday through Friday to complete the online volunteer registration through October 30. Once you have received your clearance, you will receive your new 2015-2016 badge. It can take several weeks so please go ahead and register. If you have a badge from last school year, it is valid through October 30, but you still need to register again for this school year. After October 30 the registration system is only available on Mondays. Thank you for volunteering at Oak Grove!

We are glad that you and your child are a part of our Oak Grove community. We are here for every child, every day!

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In Art class, all students are starting the year off by creating a Self Portrait. We began class by holding out our hands and discussing the fact that no one is "black or white" but we are many beautiful shades of brown,tan,peach,pink,cream,light and dark. Students had fun trying to match each others skin tone by coloring test patches on the back of our paper. We observed the traits we shared such as eye color and hair color. We also shared the qualities that were unique to each of us. When all of the portraits are complete, we will display them along the halls near each classes grade level.

Alexis was came to school excited to share an example of inertia with her class that she found at home! We have been studying Motion & Design and that was one of our newest domain-specific vocab words. Awesome example of application of curriculum to the world around us!

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Alexis was came to school excited to share an example of inertia with her class that she found at home! We have been studying Motion & Design and that was one of our newest domain-specific vocab words. Awesome example of application of curriculum to the world around us!

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Students are actively engaged in building their K'nex model cars using a blueprint and testing them to prove Newton's 3 Laws of Motion to be true!

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Students are actively engaged in building their K'nex model cars using a blueprint and testing them to prove Newton's 3 Laws of Motion to be true!

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Students are actively engaged in building their K'nex model cars using a blueprint and testing them to prove Newton's 3 Laws of Motion to be true!

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The children were working with their parents in creating handprints for parent orientation!

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The children were working with their parents in creating handprints for parent orientation!

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The children were working with their parents in creating handprints for parent orientation!

We would like to invite all of our rising year-round kindergartners to learn what school is like at Kick-Off to Kindergarten at Marbles Kids Museum on Thursday, June 25 from 5pm to 8pm. You and your child will learn valuable information at this session. You’ll be able to practice a lunch line, get moving at recess, hop on a school bus and explore typical Kindergarten activities. This event is free and open to all rising year-round kindergartners and their families. For more information, visit their website at www.marbleskidsmuseum.org

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has officially recognized 49 Wake County schools for implementation of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) during the 2013-14 school year. PBIS is an internationally recognized framework that schools use to establish school-wide expectations and multi-tiered systems of support for students. This promotes a positive school climate and increases the time that students spend academically engaged in learning. PBIS implementation is supported by Intervention Services/Student Support Services. You can learn more about PBIS at: Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports US Dept. of Education

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